From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NQflI-0004rp-7z for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:33:44 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NQflG-0004r9-1S for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:33:42 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NQflA-0004qc-L7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:33:40 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35323 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NQflA-0004qZ-Dd for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:33:36 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:37440 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NQfl9-0004Ra-Sz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:33:36 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NQfl8-0005n7-FD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:33:34 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NQfl7-00016E-V3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:33:33 +0100 Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 12:33:33 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20100101113333.GB3692@thorin> References: <20091209215253.GH7093@thorin> <4B20225C.40807@gmail.com> <1260398055.2881.14.camel@fz.local> <4B203295.2020102@gmail.com> <1260404737.2881.27.camel@fz.local> <4B208FAA.6020709@gmail.com> <1260440124.2890.5.camel@fz.local> <4B211FC5.3080404@gmail.com> <20091224211319.GE12122@thorin> <4B397C97.90107@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B397C97.90107@gmail.com> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: autogen.sh warnings X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:33:42 -0000 On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 09:50:47PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: >> >> What is exactly the problem? > > Using automake without Makefile.am is non-standard and not provided for > within automake. The only thing we use automake for is to copy > config.{guess,sub} to the root of the root of the source. > > Also, building as one large monolithic Makefile with includes built via > scripts is probably not optimal from a comprehension point of view. That's a long-standing problem, with no easy solution. But as for automake, I don't think it'd be a bad idea to migrate Makefile.in to Makefile.am. We already have kludges in Makefile.in (e.g. docs/version.texi generation) which would completely disappear if this file was automake'd. Any takers? -- Robert Millan "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi